Word: might
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...print a picture of "Negro White," the author. It might have well been "white Negro" because you say he safely passes for white...
...through the House of Representatives of the census-apportionment bill (June 17) contained the statement: "The Tinkham amendment was probably as illegal as the Hoch." I am astonished to find such a palpable misstatement in your impartial and usually well-informed and ably edited columns. Whatever else my amendment might be and whatever else might be said about it-and plenty has been said-surely there is no basis for characterizing it as illegal. In fact, without my amendment the apportionment bill is not constitutional. Section 1 of the 14th amendment of the Constitution extended citizenship to the colored race...
...would get three others, to whom he had publicly offered appointments: Alexander Legge of Chicago (business), W. S. Moscrip of St. Elmo, Minn, (dairy), Charles C. Teague of Los Angeles (fruit). The President was having difficulty finding No. 1 men for his board. An able No. 2 man might make his mark on the board but the President knew the board required a No. 1 on it to make its mark. President of International Harvester, Mr. Legge is a No. 1 man to farmers and financiers alike. He was reluctant, but finally let himself be drafted...
...Coronation stakes in England, ran eagerly and fast but only came in second in England's great and fashionable Ascot Derby. The winner by two lengths was Invershin, a powerful seven-year-old owned by British Sportsman Reid Walker. Owner Walker, not as surprised as he might have 'been, because Invershin won the same race last year, purred as he was given the winner's glinting gold cup: "I am more than delighted for the horse rather than myself. He's such a gallant fellow and has such a beautiful temperament. . . ." Mrs. John Daniel Hertz, owner...
Tall, gaunt William Tatem Tilden II once hurt his finger on his right hand while he was at the height of his career. It was characteristic of him to walk down a Philadelphia theatre aisle holding the injured member aloft so that all might see. Miss Wills, ace of women players, from the opposite edge of the U. S., is just the opposite sort of person...